When you choose a transparent color, Paint Shop Pro deselects all of the pixels in the selection that match the color you chose.

1. To select a color other than white, black, red, green, or blue, first select it as either the foreground or background color in the color palette.

2. Select Selections/Select All from the menu bar.

3.Select Selections/Modify/Transparent Color from the Menu bar.

4. Use the Transparent Color Drop Down Box to select the color.

• If you are not going to use one of the pre-set colors as your transparent color, select either foreground or background, depending on which is the color of your choice.

• The color tolerance setting determines how close the color of a pixel must be to the transparent color in order to be deselected.
• The spin control uses a scale of 0 to 200
• 0 tolerance= ony pixels with a perfect color match will be transparent
• 200 tolerance= total tolerance, all pixels will be transparent.

Ok, so now you've got your transparent area... what can you do with it?

You could add a background...

You could change the background color...

Or you could copy/paste your image onto a different image.